You are shoveling snow from the sidewalks around your neighborhood after a big snowstorm. You work at a steady rate, shoveling 10 feet of sidewalk in 40 minutes. 1) At this rate, how many minutes will it take you to shovel 75 feet of sidewalk?

300 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

10 feet in 40 minutes

Required

Determine the time to shovel 75 feet

Let the required be represented with x

First, we need to represent the given and required as ratios.

Since you work at steady rate, then both ratios are equivalent.

Convert to fractions

Solve forx

30 miles

step-by-step explanation:

we know that 60 seconds equals 1 minute and 60 minutes 1 hour

44 ft       60 sec     60 min     158400   ft

  *   *   =

1 sec       1 min       1 hour         hour

we know that there are 5280 ft per mile

158400   ft       1 mile         30 miles

  *   =

1   hour               5280 ft     1 hour

so in 1 hour   it can travel 30 miles